A video, an armed child, two men on their knees, another man standing upright next to the child and speaking. After his little speech, the child shoots the kneeling men.
This video is a scene that took place in an ISIS camp. This short and shocking video is now circulating on video portals and social networks. Are two Russian spies really being shot here or is this just a show of power and power?
Of course, ZDDK / Mimikama also received inquiries asking for an answer about dramaturgical authenticity.
Since we always strive to provide clear and neutral statements as well as true backgrounds, we started researching straight away.
NOT!
No, we just didn't do that. And honestly, at some point all quiet and sober reflections just stop.
Whether dramaturgically real or staged: this video is propaganda and it is another piece of the mosaic in an interdenominational debate that is currently completely overheated.
Propaganda from all sides
And the Internet is the setting. The Internet is abused and used as a propaganda tube; it must spew hate and messages onto home monitors until the recipients clench their fists in anger and are convinced that the other side must be eradicated. It is being provoked from all sides, it is being spat and kicked across all kinds of media, and people are already dying. Innocent people.
Propaganda (from Latin propagare 'to spread, spread, disseminate') refers to a deliberate and systematic attempt to shape public views, manipulate knowledge, and control behavior for the purpose of producing a response desired by the propagandist or ruler.
Propaganda fucks Brain!
Just imagine if the Internet existed over 100 years ago. Hatred between peoples has not only existed since yesterday, but it is always carried through the most powerful media of its time and injected into people.
(Screenshot: blog.europeana.eu , map: © Estate of Walter Trier, Vancouver, Canada)
You spit and rage at the nearest stranger, you demonstrate violence, unity and determination. And everything that affects people is exploited. Children too. Children too!
Sometimes I feel ashamed for all people when I see adults (yes, they are) abusing children for their own ends. Especially when there are political goals. And this happens everywhere, regardless of political orientation or belief.
And sometimes I feel anger because people simply haven't learned from the past. No matter where. The same stupid path of hate is taken again and again and the outcome is violence and death.
A constant spiral of anger that repeats itself.
Truth can also be an instrument
If you confirm a truth in such a video or any other inhumane act, the other side in turn uses this truth for their propaganda. Therefore, we are not confirming anything here, but simply calling for prudence.
(Source: Stop Hate Propaganda )
Stop the hate, stop the propaganda. No matter what kind of angry propaganda, no matter where it comes from. It cannot be that propaganda leads us to anger, fear and ultimately wrong actions.
You can hate us or love us - in any case you can't accuse us of silently accepting neutral propaganda.
And I can live well with that.
Author: Andre, mimikama.org
Notes:
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